Legal Opinion
United States v. Errol King
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2017No. 15-4192PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHELSON, District Judge.
Defendant Errol King pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and, based on King’s prior convictions, the Government sought and obtained an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act. On appeal, King maintains that the ACCA’s fifteen-year mandatory minimum does not apply to him. He makes this claim not by arguing that he has fewer than three prior convictions for violent felonies, but by arguing that the Government cannot show that his prior offenses were committed on different occasions. In assessing King’s claim, we must answer…
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